Narrative:

Took off out of cmh on runway 28R and on our initial climb to 10;000 feet. We were switched to departure and checked in climbing to 10;000 feet and were informed to climb and maintain 15;000 feet passing through 11;500 feet ATC told us to maintain 10;000 feet we then stated we were told to climb and maintain 15;000 feet ATC came back and said we weren't. I then stopped the climb and started back to 10;000 feet and we were given a frequency change and then told to climb and maintain FL230.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier crew departed CMH and thought were cleared to 15;000 feet by departure; but when they called Center they were notified 10;000 feet was their climb limit. So; they started descending down to 10;000 feet only to be cleared to FL230.

Narrative: Took off out of CMH on runway 28R and on our initial climb to 10;000 feet. We were switched to Departure and checked in climbing to 10;000 feet and were informed to climb and maintain 15;000 feet passing through 11;500 feet ATC told us to maintain 10;000 feet we then stated we were told to climb and maintain 15;000 feet ATC came back and said we weren't. I then stopped the climb and started back to 10;000 feet and we were given a frequency change and then told to climb and maintain FL230.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.